Quick Comparison: A England She Walks In Beauty and Essie Hors D'oeuvres

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

I have a quick comparison for you guys today! I got a question about how similar A England She Walks In Beauty and Essie Hors D'oeuvres are, so I decided to do couple comparison pictures.

I have here three coats of both polishes without base or top coat. They both seem to have quite similar formula and they applied similarly too. As you can see, they do have that similar colored base and the only big difference is the color of the glitter. In the Essie one the glitter is silver whereas in the A England one it's rosy pink.

The polishes do look similar, but the color of the glitter makes quite a difference. If you love She Walks In Beauty, you will probably love Hors D'oeuvres too, but then again, you can probably do just fine with only one of these too. I love to use both of these for gradients or wear them layered over some other polish and for those things I'd say it's nice to have them both as then you can choose the one that suits the base color better.

I love "She walks in beauty"! (not just how elegant it looks, but for the inspiration behind it :))There's this Maybelline's "Brocades" LE and one of them looks like a good enough dupe for it (cheaper, mainly) - but that collection never came to our stores :/

You're right, the inspiration behind She Walks In Beauty makes the polish even more interesting. Those Brocades were really popular here and they were sold immediately. I'd probably take SWIB over that one even if it's more expensive as I just looove A England polishes. :)